Cloth



Feb. 16 1926..

O. C. WIESE CLOTH H H H H H H mum )JL-(HHH l/V l/EN TOR 0220 (3. [147x90 A TTOR/VEYS Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO Q. WIESE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGHOB TO SALOMON FBOKM, OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTH.

Application filed. November 3, 1922. Serial No. 598,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro C. VVmsn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cloth, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved cloth and has for an ob'ect to provide a cloth which may be easily produced with ordinary knitting machines operating at the usual speed.

Another object of the invention is to rovide an improved construction of c 0th ,wherein ornamental strips are utilized to roduce a facing for the cloth without injuring the body of the cloth.

A still further object of the invention is to rovide a cloth with an added yarn of ine astic material arranged in such a manner that there will be an excess of elastic yarn when the cloth is in an unstretched condition.

In the accompayingdrawing- Figure 1 is a plan view of a piece of cloth constructed according to the present invention. r

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the piece of cloth constructed according to the present invention, the same appearing as it appears while in the knitting machine.

Figure 3 is a sectional View through Figure 2 approximately on line 3-3.

Figure 4 is a view of the same structure shown in Figure 3 except that the body of the cloth has been allowed to contract after it is removed from the knitting machine.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 but showing the inelastic yarn collapsed so as to roduoe the appearance from the front as illustrated in Figure 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a knit body of cloth which is knit by an ordinary machine. During the kniting of the body an inelastic yarn' 2 is looped in with the body 1 as illustrated in Figure 2, said yarn being inserted only at spaced intervals, as for instance every fourth loop of the body 1. In the drawing, the yarn 2 has been shown knitted into the body 1 at every fourth loop of the body but it will be evident that it might be knitted in oftener or less often as desired according to the amount of the yarn 2 desired on the face of the finished piece of cloth.

In Figures 2 and 3 the cloth is shown in a stretched condition as it is knit. It will be noted that the yarn 2 lies flat a ainst the body 1 when the cloth is stretche and that by the fact that. .the yarn is knit into the body 1 at spaced intervals, a resulting peculiar structure is presented, namely, the yarn 2 has a very small section 3 visible from the back of the body 1 and alar'ge section 4; visible from the front. This yarn is' any desiredornamental yarn, as for instance, straw.

When the knit cloth first leaves the machine, the loops of the body 1 will immedi ately contract as shown in Figure 4. This will cause the sections 4 to bow outwardly and then become crushed down as" the garment is moved so that eventually the position Will be as shown in Figures 1 and 5. In case the garment should at any time be put under tension, body 1 will be stretched and the crushed down portions of the am 2 will straighten out and the parts will again assume the position shown in Figure 3 which will automatically return to the position shown in Figures 1 and 5 as soon as the tension has been removed. This form of cloth is particularly adapted for ladies hats as it produces a nice appearing cover and also background to any trimming which may be placed on the hat. It will, of course, be understood that the straw or other form of yarn-.2 may be colored the same as the body 1 or a diflerent color in order to secure the desired appearance. When the cloth is finished as shown in Figure 1, body 1 will produce a background for the ornamental yarn 2 which assumes diiferent positions as a superimposed surface. What I claim is g 1. A cloth, comprising a body, and an inserted straw yarn looped into the body at spaced intervals while the body is stretched whereby more of said inserted yarn will be on one face of the body than on the other and whereby the inserted yarn will be crushed somewhat together when the body is not under tension. 2. A cloth, comprising a. plain base knit under tension and an inserted inelastic yarn of strawlike material looped into the base at spaced intervals while the base is under tension whereby more of said yarn Will be tension is relieved said inelastic yarn will on one face of the base than on the other be somewhat crushed. and whereby the inelastic yarn will be 4. An ornamental cloth of the character crushed somewhattogether when the, base described, comprising a plain knit base and 5 is not under tension. aninelastic yarn of strawlike material knit 15 3. A cloth, comprising a plain knit base into each row of loops of the base while the and an ornamental facing therefor formed same is under tension whereby when said from inelastic yarn of strawlike material tension is relieved said inelastic yarn will be knit into the base at spaced intervals while somewhat crushed.

10 the base is under tension whereby when said OTTO C. VVIESE. 

